Manchester City take on the visitors Tottenham in the postponed round 7 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Thursday, January 19th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
Manchester City got into a very unpleasant situation. They may have said goodbye to a couple of titles at once in a week (and this is after a confident 4-0 in the cup with Chelsea)! At first, Pep Guardiola's wards managed to shock with a departure from the quarter-finals of the League Cup. And there was no point in knocking out the Blues with Liverpool so that now, shortly before the denouement, to lose 0-2 to struggling Southampton. Did they admit that both the Catalan and his wards were already thinking more about the derby against Manchester United? Yes, success there would have made it possible to cross out a lot and at least somehow compensate for the misfire with the “saints”. But, having opened the scoring, then in the interval of 4 minutes the champion twice got balls into own net from Bruno Fernandes and Rashford. Also, “Arsenal” won its derby against “Tottenham”, breaking away already by 8 points! Do not forget that Erling Haaland still cannot score, already 3 matches in a row - a lot for the Norwegian, given the standards that he set in 2022 in Albion.
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Tottenham in the last round also played a derby, even more fundamental for themselves. In the main confrontation in North London, by the 36th minute, Arsenal were leading 2-0, and it all started with an own goal by Hugo Lloris. Yes, Kane tried to build a comeback, but what's the point - the final score on the scoreboard, and it is again negative for Antonio Conte and his charges. In 4 matches of the winter in the Premier League, the Spurs could only win against Crystal Palace, albeit 4-0, with a draw with Brentford (where they managed to bounce back from 0-2) and the defeat of Aston Villa. There are still hopes to win the trophy, either in the FA cup, where they beat Portsmouth, or even in the Champions League, where it was not without problems, but it turned out to go through to the playoffs. Yes, and in the Premier League, frankly lucky with the fact that competitors such as Liverpool and Chelsea are in a terrible crisis, Tottenham struggle to maintain a place in the top 4. Not only the Gunners and a couple from Manchester are higher, but also Newcastle.
In the last season the Spurs managed to win both matches against the champion. First there were home 1-0, and then - away 3-2. The Citizens are seen as a clear and unconditional favorite, but it remains to be seen how the club compensates for a couple of failures. We recommend betting on the neutral option – that the duel between Haaland and Kane will result in “over 3.0 goals”.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 scored goals.
